{"id":7051,"date":"2018-05-17T17:17:10","date_gmt":"2018-05-17T15:17:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pestofresco.eu\/herbs-of-liguria-a-mine-of-virtues\/"},"modified":"2018-05-17T17:17:10","modified_gmt":"2018-05-17T15:17:10","slug":"herbs-of-liguria-a-mine-of-virtues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pestofresco.eu\/en\/herbs-of-liguria-a-mine-of-virtues\/","title":{"rendered":"Herbs of Liguria: a mine of virtues"},"content":{"rendered":"

Aromatic herbs<\/strong> are part of our ancient Ligurian tradition<\/strong>. Many of our herbs grow wild<\/strong> in the countryside, and since our cuisine is essentially poor-inspired, the Ligurian people, who have always been particularly creative, adopted them to flavor dishes in place of the<\/strong> formerly very expensive spices<\/strong>. <\/p>\n

Today Liguria<\/strong>, and especially the Plain of Albenga<\/strong>, is known throughout Europe<\/strong> for the production of herbs<\/strong>, from the most classic, such as basil, rosemary, sage, lavender, and marjoram, to the most modern and imaginative, such as mojito mint or aftereight mint or pineapple sage.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Over time, some Albenga companies have created ad hoc brands<\/strong> for distribution both in Italy and abroad for our celebrated aromatics<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

But what is so special about our herbs? Ligurian herbs are fragrant and particularly aromatic<\/strong>, thanks to our favorable<\/strong> and always sunny<\/strong> climate<\/strong> and to the influence of the mountains and the sea<\/strong>, whose breeze<\/strong> gives them unmistakable characteristics<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Aromatics have many uses<\/strong>: in the kitchen to flavor dishes<\/strong>, in the garden and on terraces<\/strong> to beautify, in herbal medicine for the preparation of infusions or beverages<\/strong>, in chemical industries for the production of beneficial essential oils<\/strong>, in perfumery for the preparation of perfumes<\/strong>, creams, in the medical field <\/strong>… in short, they really have a thousand uses and a thousand virtues!<\/strong><\/p>\n

In cooking<\/strong> they have the great power to impart characteristic taste and flavor<\/strong>, so you can also limit salt.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The colorful and highly fragrant lavender<\/strong> is also counted among the aromatics<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

It is a beautiful plant that can be used for ornamental purposes<\/strong>, for its magnificent scent<\/strong>, in cooking in desserts and in cosmetics<\/strong>, with the preparation of lotions, oils, waters and soaps.<\/p>\n

This is the peak availability period for herbs. If you pass through the countryside of Albenga, do you smell a scento!!!! Can you smell it from there, too? <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Aromatic herbs are part of our ancient Ligurian tradition. Many of our herbs grow wild in the countryside, and since our cuisine is essentially poor-inspired, the Ligurian people, who have always been particularly creative, adopted them to flavor dishes in place of the formerly very expensive spices. Today Liguria, and especially the Plain of Albenga,…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":6066,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[762,796,647,648,880,884,886,612,799,885,630,882,883,879,800,881],"class_list":["post-7051","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-senza-categoria","tag-albenga-en","tag-aromatic","tag-basil","tag-herbs","tag-herbs-en","tag-lavender","tag-lavender-of-liguria","tag-liguria-en","tag-ligurian-herbs","tag-ligurian-lavender","tag-ligurian-tradition","tag-marjoram","tag-mint-mojito","tag-plain-of-albenga","tag-rosemary","tag-sage"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t